SAD Act
- Last Action
- 2/13/2025
Actions
- 2025-02-13Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- 2025-02-13Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2025-02-13 (00)
Stop Antiabortion Disinformation Act or the SAD Act
This bill prohibits deceptive advertising for reproductive health services.
Specifically, the bill makes it unlawful for a person (i.e., individual, partnership, corporation, association, or organization) to deceptively advertise the reproductive health services they offer, including by misrepresenting that the person (1) offers or provides contraception or abortion services (or referrals for such contraception or abortion services), or (2) employs or offers access to licensed medical personnel.
The bill provides for enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission.
In addition to any other penalty, violations are subject to a civil penalty that may not exceed the greater of $100,000 (adjusted annually for inflation) or 50% of the revenue earned during the preceding 12-month period by the ultimate parent entity of the person who violated the bill.
Cosponsors (12)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Patty Murray (D-WA)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
- Cory Booker (D-NJ)
- Edward Markey (D-MA)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Richard Durbin (D-IL)
- Mark Warner (D-VA)
Subjects
- Abortion
- Civil actions and liability
- Congressional oversight
- Family planning and birth control
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
- Marketing and advertising
- Sex and reproductive health
- Women's health
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